It is a new year, my dears. A time of reflection, of self renewal, of rejuvenation... you know, the time of year when you want to start fresh and so does "Pretty Little Liars" on ABC Family... As always come January 1st- starting over becomes the new black. We all try to set our course for the next 12 months so that we make the most of our time, become who we are destined to become, and of course, drop all that Louis Vuitton baggage we gained over the last year (cookies, debt, that guy from 4G, ghostly racist trucks, you know the usual). It truly is a recipe for disaster (all those hard eggs in one basket) and yet, it is this very crazy map of hope that gives us the drive and motivation to at least try and tackle those things we hate the most about ourselves. Perhaps 2011 is the year we succeed, perhaps 2011 is the year we actually stop using the duct tape and legitimately make those upgrades (Pergo is not real hardwood my friends). Or perhaps 2011 is just another year in the book series- Blandy McBorington Did Nothing Again: Year 5.
So what are your plans this year? What terrible things lurk in your darkest closets and totes need to be thrown out (I seriously have a Ouija board that haunts me, not unlike ghostly racist trucks, and totally needs to get outta my place!)? I have some hopes that I really want to make happen this year. But mostly my end goal is this- and since this isn't a wish, I can tell you all- to really have fun this year. I mean, I want to look back on the year and think "That was ridunkulously AWESOME!" (No matter how 'dated' my thought is- I still think it has merit.) I know certain things have to happen to make that possible, but I think as abstract ideals go- AWESOME is pretty ok, right? So that's how I start to plot my course for the year... If Awesome is the end of the journey, what has to happen so I actually get there?
I am well aware of how tricky this whole game is and how pit-falls can derail a person so very very easily. Life will bully you into dropping fragile happiness right outta your hands (like a Regina George or a Heather) because it doesn't understand, nor does it care about your personal happiness. That is not a lie or a joke or an anything (A lie or a joke would sound more like: Two rabbits walk into a bar...). Life is not about fair and right and good and bad. Sometimes it's all uphill in two feet of snow both ways and sometimes life is like a box of chocolates and sometimes it's just going to work- nothing good, nothing bad. In fact 80% of the time, it's a whole lot of rinse and repeat stuff (gym, tan, laundry). So make that 80% worth it. That is where my journey to Awesome starts... my 80% routine is making me unhappy. Time to start this trip through CandyLand (Trivial Pursuit, CatchPhrase, Shoots and Ladders?) off with a roll of the die and make some changes. (Even if I have to answer a question about sports, damn you orange!)
I already have some highlights planned (both of the hair variety and not). July is tracking to hit legendary status this year and that makes me smile. October is always a crowd pleasing month and this year I turn 35 so watch out. January is a transitionary month where I need to really buckle down and make a commitment to make some real violent awkward changes in my life. Not fun, but necessary evils that I've let get out of control need to be dealt with. But I have to be ready... Awesome is a real ball-buster when it doesn't get it's way. (Not that I have any balls to bust... maybe a breast-buster?)
Anyway- I just watched Supernatural, I'm planning on working out, I have another day off, and I wrote you all a blog today! Seems like I'm off to a good start... now just remember- Rome wasn't built in a day and um, a bird in the hand is dirty sounding, and No Retreat, No Surrender (rent it, training montage!)!!
Happy 2011- now go be Awesome!
<3,
Nikki
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